Has anyone ordered a jacket from Japan?

[willyto]

The worst thing will be paying the taxes that customs will throw at you. That's one of the reasons why I'm not a fan of buying outside of Europe but for the most part there are too many awesome things in the USA for example not to buy them...last time I had to pay 165€ of taxes for my vintage leather jacket

Now if it would have been an expensive jacket like RMC I don't want to think about it. Best to get a flight to london and buy it at the RMC store.

 

[EmergencyIan]

^ Fortunately, I haven't ever encountered any customs fees. I don't know if it makes a difference that I'm in the United States.

- Ian

 

[willyto]

^ Fortunately, I haven't ever encountered any customs fees. I don't know if it makes a difference that I'm in the United States.

- Ian

Probably yes. Here in Spain anything over 22€ (Coming from outside the EU) can be subject of being taxed so you can imagine how you have to be very lucky to not have to pay. I mean, shipping is more than that if it comes from outside the EU and they include the shipping price into the whole value of the item (which makes no sense to me but whatever) so that makes any decently priced item to be super overpriced if you have to pay taxes.

I hope that none of you have to suffer this often because it makes buying internationally a pain in the ass.